Brenda C. Youngblood is an incumbent and was candidate for an at-large seat on the Hazelwood School District school board in Missouri. Youngblood was opposed by two incumbents and two challengers for three seats in the general election on April 8, 2013.

Biography

Brenda Youngblood is a retired principal and adjunct professor with Lindenwood University. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and her doctoral degree in special education from Saint Louis University. Youngblood has been recognized with many honors including Metropolitan Saint Louis Alliance of Black School Educators award and the Saint Louis American's Salute to Excellence award.[1]

Funding

Youngblood did not report any campaign contributions or expenditures to the Missouri Ethics Commission.[2]

Endorsements

Youngblood did not receive any official endorsements for her campaign.

What was at stake?

Three seats on the school board were up for election on April 8, 2014. The election featured incumbents Brenda C. Youngblood, Charles Woods and Ann Gibbons facing two challengers.[3]

Issues in the district

Guns on campus

Two students were arrested on January 22, 2014 after two handguns were found inside a parked car in the Hazelwood Central High School parking lot. A school administrators and two school resource officers were drawn to the location by a reported commotion. The school resource officers searched the vehicle and found two handguns underneath the drivers seat. Two former Hazelwood students fled the scene, while two current Hazelwood students were taken into custody for questioning and later arrested. Hazelwood school officials requested extra security officer be present during student arrival and dismissal.[4]

About the district

Hazelwood School District is located in east-central Missouri in St. Louis County. The county seat of St. Louis County is Clayton. St. Louis County is home to 1,001,444 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] In the 2011-2012 school year, Hazelwood School District was the eighth-largest school district in Missouri and served 17,772 students.[6]

Demographics

St. Louis County outperformed the rest of Missouri in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 40.6 percent of St. Louis County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.2 percent for Missouri as a whole. The median household income in St. Louis County was $58,910 compared to $47,380 for the state of Missouri. The poverty rate in St. Louis County was 10.9 percent compared to 15.5 percent for the entire state.[5]

Note: The United States Census Bureau considers "Hispanic or Latino" to be a place of origin, not a race. Therefore, the Census allows citizens to report both their race and that they are from a "Hispanic or Latino" place of origin simultaneously. As a result, the percentages in each column of the racial demographics table will exceed 100 percent. Each column will add up to 100 percent after removing the "Hispanic or Latino" place of origin percentages, although rounding by the Census Bureau may make the total one or two tenths off from being exactly 100 percent.[8] This Ballotpedia page provides a more detailed explanation of how the Census Bureau handles race and ethnicity in its surveys.

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